tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107080602011-04-21T17:32:55.122-05:00Just a couple of humble photos...plus my opinions...and they're mine, all mine... © 2008/2009 Jeffrey Keesee (all photography is copyrighted by the photographer...all the time...that means everything...always. No photos on this website or any links may be copied without express written permission. The opinions you can share.)Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.comBlogger3561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-74329767444270045122009-04-23T06:36:00.005-05:002009-04-23T07:21:19.242-05:00

MOVIE - AFF cont.ART - Inman Park Arts FestivalLOCAL - Mom vs. The State -ajc-U.S. - Blagojevich's realityUNIVERSE - Earth-sized planet found -nyt-WEB - Last chance goof-off -kenken-MOVIE NEWS - AFF cont. So far, I've met the writer/star of "Deadland", Q&A-ed with the director of the animated short "Chroma Chameleon", cheered on the underdog director of way-better-than-expected "Killer Movie",

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-14582015223085446502009-04-13T09:48:00.032-05:002009-04-16T08:05:35.330-05:00

MOVIE - Atlanta Film FestART - Tongo Hiti -T Vic's-LOCAL - Piedmont ParkingU.S. - Bo, Bluebeard, Billie JeanFRANCE - U.S. deports -lemonde-WEB - HabachyMOVIE NEWS - Give me a buzz if any of these Atlanta Film Festival offerings at Landmark sound interesting! (As if the AFF isn't enough, the High is showing French Films this Friday and Saturday -high-)Sun, 4/19, 12:30 PM - Gone With The Wind (TCM

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-88722305620318738072009-03-25T10:22:00.011-05:002009-03-31T10:36:41.640-05:00

MOVIE - "Hunger" -apple-ART - "Happy Days" -fox-LOCAL - No State SupportU.S. - Sinking dollarFRANCE - Parisian window pics -flickr-WEB - Nifty print ads -ad sneeze-MOVIE NEWS - "Hunger" is already out in very limited release. Seeing the trailer for this serious film, about a group of 10 already gaunt-looking prisoners sacrificing their lives on a 60+ day hunger strike in Ireland in 1981, made me

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-88146650983639991992009-03-19T10:00:00.035-05:002009-03-24T13:15:29.702-05:00

MOVIE - Monsters vs. Aliens -trailer-ART - Roller Girls -arg-LOCAL - ING, HOT & LiquorU.S. - Victory Garden -nyt-FRANCE - “La Princesse de Clèves” -link-WEB - Now you're cooking (w/o) gas -solar-MOVIE NEWS - Monsters vs. Aliens -trailer- Looks cute, but, unfortunately, when it comes to spending money in this economy, it feels more like a choice of "Movie vs. Dinner".(If that's not your style,

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-36333316662263589582009-03-16T08:16:00.026-05:002009-03-17T14:04:39.182-05:00

MOVIE - Duplicity & I Love You, ManART - Variety -adele-LOCAL - Your Bib # 404 -ajc-U.S. - Seattle paper goes digital -nyt-FRANCE - Lance 'relance' -lemonde-WEB - Reuse plastic bottles -BUOY-MOVIE NEWS - 'Duplicity' & 'I Love You, Man'. Clive Owens and Julia Roberts are back in theaters with the tagline "Outwit. Outspy. Outsmart. Outplay. Then get out". Let's hope that this incarnation of

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-55281654403460316842009-03-05T09:11:00.004-05:002009-03-10T09:55:06.308-05:00

MOVIE - "Last House" & "Witch Mtn"ART - These are your arts, on sale -high-LOCAL - No state stem cells -ajc-U.S. - Guilty consumption -nyt-FRANCE - Eat in NYC & Paris -nyt-WEB - Green Guide -nat geo-Photo shoot at Beleza and March 1st Snow. After last weekend's gorgeous weather, it's hard to believe the snow pics are from only 6 days prior. Mother Nature isn't fooling me, though; the tomato

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-21210732515314507512009-02-24T11:52:00.013-05:002009-03-03T12:11:26.769-05:00

MOVIE - WatchmenART - Chorus Line -fox-LOCAL - Sonny's Hookers -ajc-U.S. - WormsFRANCE - la famille homoparentale -fr-WEB - Spider, man -flash-The world lost a beautiful person early Monday morning when my brother's mother-in-law, Carol Ehmer, passed away. She was much more than an "in-law-in-law" to me - she was the warm heart of Thanksgiving, the sweet smells of Christmas, the pastel promise

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-67968135796730497002009-01-29T10:23:00.025-05:002009-02-24T15:31:35.724-05:00

MOVIE - "Jonas Bros" and "Street Fighter"ART - Libby -actorsexpress-LOCAL - Rollergirls -arg-U.S. - Cranes, Carbon, CrashMIAMI - Oscars by the pool -raleigh-WEB - Obama meMOVIE NEWS - "Jonas Bros" and "Street Fight" - Okay sometimes I act that way, but since I'm not actually a 12 year-old girl (nor a 15 year-old video game addict), I shan't be darkening the doorways of any cinemaplexes to view

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-27157008831365649742009-01-22T13:32:00.014-05:002009-02-17T12:56:10.785-05:00

MOVIE - Fired Up, Medea Meets JasonART - High Jazz, Alvin Ailey -high-LOCAL - Eco-home Tour -aia-U.S. - GeneralsFRANCE - Newpapers are hurting -npr-WEB - Green bridge -oregonlive-Scanned pics from what used to be an annual party in Piedmont Park. The first pic is '93 - The GLG Grand (now "The Four Seasons") is complete...in a subsequent pic, there is still a construction crane over the site in

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-8930015722097997202009-01-22T13:29:00.022-05:002009-02-13T14:19:50.716-05:00

MOVIE - Friday the 13th, againART - I Lego NY -nyt-LOCAL - Courteous Mass -abc-U.S. - Digital TVFRANCE - Testes Cancer tied to pot -lemonde-WEB - KenKen (beats Sudoku!) -nyt-MOVIE NEWS - Really? A remake of "Friday the 13th"? Because they haven't fully explored the depths of the character? Or, when there's a massacre in the stock market, we need the theatrical distraction of teen slaughter?

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-57857162672383287132009-01-22T13:26:00.028-05:002009-02-13T14:19:44.351-05:00

MOVIE - Coraline, Push, Pink, He's Not...ART - Atl Contemp, "Make Room" -acac-LOCAL - Jesus GateU.S. - The Graveyard Book -harper-FRANCE - President Kadhafi -lemonde-WEB - Carbon footprint -counter-Part of the cast of S's "Clue Birthday Party"!MOVIE NEWS - "Coraline", "Push", "Pink Panther 2", and "He's Just Not That Into You" are all coming out this Friday."Coraline" seems to be a morality tale

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-49146210581071025232009-01-16T09:05:00.014-05:002009-02-13T14:19:30.312-05:00

MOVIE - Academy Award Noms -nyt-ART - Silver Scream Spook Show -plaza-LOCAL - The Return of the Gays -ajc-U.S. - Elec car=no gas=no gas tax? - nyt-FRANCE - Obama extends a hand -lemonde-WEB - Fantastic ContraptionMOVIE NEWS - Academy Award Noms -nyt- - For the first time ever, we've seen 2 of the 5 Best Picture nominated films before the nominations! Does that mean we won't spend the entire day

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-79562181784192286372009-01-14T08:41:00.023-05:002009-02-13T14:19:22.605-05:00

MOVIE - "Were the World Mine" (not O's)ART - AIA tour of Fulton Cotton Lofts -aia-LOCAL - Sunday liquor sales!? -ajc-Gamble on Underground casino? -ajc-U.S. - Andrew Wyeth passed.BUSH - A letter about our ex-presidentWEB - Bushisms -slate- or wordle.netThanks to this week's model...good luck on your clothing line!MOVIE NEWS - "Were the World Mine" (not Obama's...) - I've been looking forward to

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-71568827177687728182009-01-05T14:12:00.023-05:002009-02-13T14:19:07.346-05:00

MOVIE - "Defiance", "Mall Cop", "Slum..."ART - "JC Superstar Gospel" opens!LOCAL - Clean house! Get rid of towels & elec.U.S. - Sooner or Gator -nyt-FRANCE - They noticed we're missing a few jobs. WEB - It's back and better - Crayon PhysicsFoggy morning in Piedmont Park & the night before...MOVIE NEWS - "Defiance" expands (the movie...not the city in Ohio...God forbid), "Mall Cop" arrives (the

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-6301875646782828562009-01-04T09:46:00.016-05:002009-02-13T14:18:55.948-05:00

MOVIE - Nothing new - See "Slumdog"!ART - King-sized @ Variety PlayhouseLOCAL - Recycle your Xmas treeU.S. - Simulate war, stimulate recruiting -nyt-FRANCE - Sarkozy in the Middle East -lemonde-WEB - National Geographic Photo winnersThe pics are both the same Midtown skyline view - one Friday evening and one the next morning.MOVIE NEWS - Nothing new - See "Slumdog"! Upon going to Tara, we were

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-88616857661431789482008-12-29T21:02:00.008-05:002009-02-13T14:18:41.114-05:00

"City Photographer Jeffrey Keesee" featured on "Daily Candy"A selection available at Yes Home, Twelve Boutique, and Utrecht on Peachtree...or in quantities of 12+ directly from me!

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-23874936887546125422008-12-29T08:11:00.013-05:002009-02-13T14:18:31.815-05:00

WEB - Jeff on "Daily Candy"ART - Dr. Frapple -Dad's-LOCAL - Urban renewal works in ATL -ajc-U.S. - Skaters clean foreclosed pools -nyt-FRANCE - Sub-zero temps kill homeless in ParisMOVIE - Nothing new -landmark-MOVIE NEWS - Nothing new out in theaters this week; the studios blew their wads for the Christmas holiday. Well fell for it and saw both "Bolt" and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button",

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-37222245586923164842008-12-18T10:50:00.008-05:002009-02-13T14:18:24.340-05:00

MOVIE - Valkyrie & The SpiritART - Sam the Lovesick Snowman -puppets-LOCAL - Sunday liquor sales -ajc-U.S. - Snow & planes falling! (Sky ok, so far). -nyt-FRANCE - Human science vs. human stupidity? -géo-WEB - NPR's year end list -IN/OUT-MERRY CHRISTMAS! Joyeux Noel! Feliz Natal!MOVIE NEWS - Valkyrie & The Spirit. Both with heroes trying to save us all from mortal enemies, while both

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-76673228115393886122008-12-17T14:43:00.009-05:002009-02-13T14:18:05.555-05:00

MOVIE - "Ben Button"ART - JC Superstar GospelLOCAL - Brian Nichols lives -ajc-NYC - If you can make it there... U.S. - Last Christmas Bush -nyt-FRANCE - Person of the Year -lemonde- WEB - MoMA Design Store -shop-MOVIE NEWS - The director of "Fight Club", the writer of "Forrest Gump", conceived by F.S. Fitzgerald and starring Brad Pitt...perfect, right? I've only seen a preview, but it

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-29467886431852627302008-12-01T12:53:00.008-05:002009-02-13T14:17:50.957-05:00

Practice photoshootKids and GingerbreadMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Netflix browsing...I just happened across two scifi posters that seemed..well...simliar: -dustin-...so, figuring that wasn't a unique case, I looked for some more: -heston-But those are old movies...let's look to this week's new releases! They include "The Day the Earth Stood Still"... a remake ... of

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-55706717738314043212008-12-01T09:25:00.007-05:002009-02-13T14:17:42.445-05:00

Midtown FallMarathon-ing friends! Good Job!MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Nothing new coming out this Friday, so maybe I'll have a chance to check-out the stylish "Let The Right One In" at the Plaza, or "A Christmas Tale" and "Australia" at Landmark. -plaza- -landmark-We didn't go out to see anything this past weekend, but we did stay in to Netflix "The Covenant"...I was hoping

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-18380600825886961832008-11-18T14:49:00.010-05:002008-11-26T10:18:57.054-05:00

THANKS to everyone who donated!!!Terracotta Warriors (okay, black resin warrior replicas...)THANKS/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSTHANKS - I'm thankful for family and my home.I'm thankful for neighbors that support both me and the causes I think are important.I'm thankful for friends who roll their eyes, but don't turn their backs, when I do something thoughtless.ART NEWS - I am thankful for

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-72068473647463444772008-11-13T08:53:00.012-05:002008-11-19T10:46:56.600-05:00

New York - 5th AvenueWhite OrnamentsMidtown ChristmasNew York - SnowMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Bolt and Twilight. The dog who acts like he's a superhero and the vampire who acts like he has a heart.ART NEWS - 11/21, 6 PM - Roy Blount Jr. at the Margaret Mitchell House -MMH-11/22, 1:00 PM - The LIVE transmission of Berlioz’s "La Damnation de Faust". Initially, I thought

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-16452550248788985232008-11-10T16:41:00.004-05:002008-11-10T21:32:07.409-05:00

Newest addition! Go War Eagles!Finding textures around MidtownNever too early for a Santa HatMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - I can't be quiet about this one; I'm pretty excited about "Quantum of Solace"11/11, 8:00 - Metropolis Movie Night - Bring a dish to share and watch "Hellboy II" with your neighbors. (and when it's over, watch one of your neighbors get pretty excited about

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-9009663849771533022008-10-30T12:40:00.010-05:002008-11-04T09:04:12.175-05:00

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "Madgascar 2", "Soul Men", "Role Models" are this Friday's releases; no thanks, I'm saving myself for Daniel Craig and next week's "Quantum of Solace"......or checking-out the ongoing Latin American Film Festival at the High:11/7 - High - "Burn the Bridges" - This gothic family drama centers on emotionally conflicted siblings awaiting the death of

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-90373232773340328022008-10-24T08:04:00.027-05:002008-10-27T14:59:08.994-05:00

Last weekend we celebrated both Georgia Tech's crazy Homecoming Parade and World Zombie Day 2008. Guys/girls who have Brains...meet zombies who crave brains.Buzz...lawnmower...elvis...see-saw power...now that's a big wheel!Ferris Bueller..."more frying pan!"...go fiji...treadmill power...cool piston-drivemayhem...dead superheroes..dentistry of the damned..juggle this..bad skin dayneed more

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-87858510503132257862008-10-20T07:49:00.008-05:002008-10-21T08:49:49.623-05:00

Dia de los Muertos...FrankenWolfman?...Dia de los Raggety'sTike on a bike...fuss on a bus...hiss from a KISSHEY! I was gonna wear that...PINK!...Do these glasses make me look like Palin?Live Cop / Dead Biker?...Shawn-o-Lantern...Good Cop / Bad CopMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "High School Musical 3", "Saw V", or "Fear(s) of the Dark"! I'm totally using the "

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-22223904224591869502008-10-13T09:33:00.005-05:002008-10-14T09:25:17.310-05:00

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/OREGON/FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "A Girl Cut in Two" started 10/10 at Landmark and only runs through 10/16. See it! It's French!10/14, 8:00 PM - Metropolis Club House - "The Happening". What better way to watch a movie in which, by all accounts, nothing really "happens" that with a big, heckling crowd of neighbors?!? Come join the fun (and the pizza!)10/14, 9:30 PM - The

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-52418742371561036982008-09-30T10:01:00.012-05:002008-10-06T12:07:41.768-05:00

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "City of Ember" looks like Matrix meets the Golden Compass. "Quarantine" - your typical "help, the government has me trapped in an apartment building with rapidly mutating plague victims" - just looks messy. Blair Witch Zombies.10/8 - If high gloss Hollywood seems a little...well...recycled, check-out Marlene Dietrich at the Goethe Institute in

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-18077872306177088172008-09-08T11:27:00.025-05:002008-10-02T15:50:41.795-05:00

Ace Hotel...Pike's Market...Architecture...The Gum WallMOVIE/LOCAL/U.S./SEATTLE/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - This weekend, look for "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" (whose posters remind us to pronounce it "chee-wow-wa"... from Disney, whose "Ratatouille" posters spelled out "rat-a-too-ee"), "Flash of Genius" (Greg Kinnear - the intermittently successful actor - as the inventor of the intermittent windshield

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-42077860914181299362008-09-08T11:27:00.017-05:002008-09-15T20:31:31.156-05:00

Little E.D.'s 2nd birthday...awwwwwwwwwwwww.MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Over the next 2 weeks, look for the release of "Igor", "Lakeview Terrace", and "Ghost Town". These movies are heavy on premise: What if evil scientist assistants had ambition? What if your neighbor the cop took a disliking to you? What if you were an icky, self-absorbed person who died for a few minutes

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-68391843984328549802008-09-02T19:41:00.014-05:002008-09-08T20:19:24.709-05:00

The first photo is a bit unique - two friends who were both in St Paul last weekend; one covering the action inside the convention, the other getting arrested video-ing the goings on outside. (Then he had a "bail bond party"...of course). -kyle.tv-MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - This week we have the Coen brothers and "The Women". The latter is a remake of the 1939 classic,

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-72841151460993812642008-08-27T10:56:00.017-05:002008-09-03T13:53:26.342-05:00

Even aliens get tired...Super Girls...S's '08 Christmas Card?Adam West! In the flesh...and some skin...and some bonesThere were a lot of Dragon-Kids! (No sign of McCain's running mate, though).Chew-box-a...Have an itch? Need a helping hand?...Star Wars PezThe Little Mermaid...Davy Jones..."I'm so glad we had this time together...""No, really, how do you get your armor so shiny? I've tried

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-65846560545737425302008-08-25T18:12:00.008-05:002008-08-26T06:02:11.069-05:00

Indoor leeksGrandpa's 69 Birthday!A-one-a and a-two-a and ... IKEA!Bake me a cake... as fast as you can...spoons...even better, spoons & beer!MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Babylon A.D. - Is it just since that jump-the-shark baby-vs-the-big-bad-government-agent movie he made that Vin Diesel movies have to sneak into theaters? I haven't heard a thing about this one and only

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-52461348190246100592008-08-14T12:28:00.005-05:002008-08-19T06:26:35.190-05:00

At "King-Sized" - We're stars, too...Getting hair did...EnthusiasmEl Viz...Dames Aflame...iFlameMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - New movies out this Friday include "Death Race" (with Jason Statham and Joan-what-the-hell-am-I-doing-in-this-movie-Allen) and "The House Bunny".I assume the former will be one long car chase, being a remaking/re-imagining/re-hashing of 1975's "Death

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-38165075948735084852008-08-11T16:45:00.008-05:002008-08-12T06:25:05.892-05:00

Brothers & Bladerunner; oldest Jonas was born 5 years after the film was made...Off-broadway advertising directly on garbage cans; who needs a critic?Rent is ending on Broadway; "No day like today"...to quit...What is Wall-e pointing at?Cool art in the New York Times buildingBridges and cloudsLobbiesClouds and buildingsMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "Tell No One" - This French

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-27319253881950185532008-07-31T07:43:00.013-05:002008-08-05T06:26:33.196-05:00

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/NYC/FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Fox Theater, Thursday, 8/7 - "Sex and the City". Get Carried Away.Fox Theater, Friday, 8/8 - "Ironman". Heroes aren't born, they're built.Fox Theater, Sunday, 8/10, 2:00 PM, "Kung Fu Panda". Experience the Pandamonium.Fox Theater, Sunday, 8/10, 7:30 PM, "Hancock". He is saving the world, whether we like it or not.Theater Release, Friday, 8/8 - "

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-71376676581938038342008-07-14T11:58:00.032-05:002008-07-28T08:55:20.823-05:00

Xanadu at the Plaza rocked...thanks Kyle.tv and Gang!These are all things left behind at our place by friends...you have 1 week to contact us to reclaim it or it's going to Goodwill! (Come on...someone is missing that breakfast tray!) MOVIE/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "The Movie Insider" lists a couple of movies coming out August 1st, including "(Another frickin') Mummy", "Swing Vote"

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-31384886860478423722008-07-14T11:58:00.025-05:002008-07-21T20:47:38.769-05:00

MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Has anyone else seen both "Enchanted" and "Wall-E" and marvelled at Disney's ability to elicite sympathy for even the lowly cockroach? George W oughta hire Walt's gang for a make-over.Tuesday, 7/22, Plaza Theater - Before Tuesday, the declining Plaza Theater might be "a place, where nobody dared to go...", but that one night, I'll dare to go see "

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-76030938428968625362008-07-14T11:58:00.013-05:002008-07-15T06:48:32.161-05:00

Sometimes it feels like more than three...Making conversation (click us!)MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Wed, 7/16 - Flicks on Fifth is "Superbad". I haven't seen it, but it couldn't be any more painful watching someone else coming of age in the 70's than it was for me to actually do it.Fri, 7/18 - "Dark Knight". It's not like Christopher Nolan is into "light" film subjects, but

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-2243076275399008492008-07-07T13:53:00.006-05:002008-07-07T14:11:41.665-05:00

The trail...misty woods...WWII gun emplacementAbove Indian Beach...Falcon Cape...Cannon BeachPortland Pride!!!MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Wed, July 9th - Flicks on Fifth starts "Marsden Movie Week" with "Hairspray"!Friday is the release of "Hellboy II", directed by Guillermo del Toro. With that imaginative director at the helm, hopefully it'll be a touch of "Pan's Labyrinth

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-61082772315373873672008-06-30T06:23:00.005-05:002008-06-30T20:31:05.776-05:00

Wigs with Kyle's on ColquittPhoto installation proposal for Metropolis Fitness CenterMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSATLANTA - A FUNNY THINGWalking home from Publix, a man asked me - 'Do you live around here? Do you know where Taco Mac is?'Ever helpful (and super-pleased to be confronted on the street with a question other than "do you have any spare change?"), I replied "Sure! It's just

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-71954035841615525402008-06-06T08:29:00.009-05:002008-06-23T21:17:45.762-05:00

Mike wonders "when is high tide?"MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Wed - Flicks on Fifth is "The Bourne Ultimatum". We went last week - arrived 8:15 ish w/ full-sized, folding chairs & sat near Moe's (facing the screen erected at the 5th St. bridge).Thurs - Screen on the Asphalt is "Footloose". "6 Degrees of Separation" is how far I'd like to be from Centennial Park.Fri - The

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-14352802341640713482008-06-06T08:28:00.008-05:002008-06-18T07:56:01.024-05:00

Friends!Getting readyThe RideAfter The Ride - The RidersAfter The Ride - More RidersOREGON/MOVIE/LOCAL/U.S./WEB NEWSOREGON - I participated in "World Naked Bike Ride" - an event to bring attention to oil dependency...and bring attention we did! Some estimates put the number of riders at over 2,000! It was just like riding a roller coaster - maybe a little nervous at the start, but once we got

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-66742354997216562242008-04-17T12:20:00.026-05:002008-06-06T09:01:10.573-05:00

My little namesake and her BIG SISTER...MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "The Happening" opens June 13th. The title describes what M. Night Shamalan's career WON'T be if his latest flick isn't good.As a neighborhood alternative to "Screen on the Green", Flicks on Fifth is back...drought doesn't cancel asphalt events!JUNE 11 - I am LegendJUNE 18 - Horton Hears a WhoJUNE 25 - The

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-84726046964124809552008-04-17T12:20:00.019-05:002008-06-02T07:49:50.841-05:00

Screen on the Green - Friends...Centennial...Competing Soft DrinksAtlanta Tornado Damage, 2 1/2 months laterPeachtree Jr - Short race...No drought here...Warming upMidtown ReflectionsMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" is 2008's Summer Sandler flick. This time around, he is a kill-you-with-my-pinkie, Israeli special forces agent fighting his way

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-55556068031242434612008-04-17T12:19:00.020-05:002008-05-28T13:04:03.826-05:00

Temporary views - Going up and coming down...MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - If "Sex and the City" isn't your style, check-out "Poultrygeist". I don't know how the release of this "satirical sexploitation zombie chicken gross-out musical extravaganza" slipped past me!Saw "Indiana Jones and the Crystal Mess" (just like $151 million worth of ticket-buying movie-goers this

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-72209405256049619582008-04-17T12:18:00.013-05:002008-05-19T11:29:22.452-05:00

"I want something in a coconut...yum...arggghhh!I spy with my little eye...Crush...yup, that's a lampshadeFrom the 1780's with pirates to 1980's w/ Tom Cruise!MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - 19 years after the last installment, the 4th "Indiana Jones" arrives in theaters this Friday. This has to not suck.ART NEWS -Friday, May 23rd - In anticipation of next week's release of "Sex

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-8136018519737618692008-04-17T12:17:00.013-05:002008-05-14T07:39:15.991-05:00

Midtown, Stone Mt River of wildflowersMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - This Friday, "Prince Caspian" comes out...the movie, not the character...sigh...ART NEWS -Riverdance is at the Fox May 13-18.Tuesday, May 13th, is Movie Night in Metropolis at Club M. Grill out beforehand and then settle in to enjoy Will Smith in "I Am Legend" (and so can you...)Friday, May 16th, is Jazz Night

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-75775270666624109692008-04-17T12:16:00.020-05:002008-05-13T14:20:14.604-05:00

Piedmont Park - Grandpa's guitar...kite...hottieSpring flowers - Iris...Oakleaf Hydrangea...PetalsMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Speed Racer is pulling into theaters this Friday ...it looks like "Tron" takes on "The Matrix" ... on acid... with Hotwheels! I think I'll pass...ART NEWS - Sweet Auburn Festival, May 9-11 - Auburn Avenue Neighborhood, Auburn Avenue and Courtland

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-74693920365977473442008-04-17T12:13:00.012-05:002008-05-02T15:13:53.677-05:00

The Hoho's!Butterfly Ball - S & The Dames ... Us ... King-sized!B. Ball - C. so crazy ... with me ... with hubby!What's a parade without Trees Atlanta ... volunteers ... and wigs!?!MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/OVERHEARD/FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - This Friday, we have "Iron Man", "Made of Honor", and "Son of Rambow". I-Man has a butt-kickin' tin can costume and Robert Downey Jr., "Made of Honor" has the

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-59059430655497775612008-04-17T12:06:00.011-05:002008-05-15T08:56:55.109-05:00

Happy 1st Anniversary - Megan and KevinAppalachicola CemeteryBorn Cork County Ireland...Drowned...Died of CholeraDon't really know what this sculpture is all about...Our sand sculptures - Gator & Frog...Porpoise...Squid and Teddy BearWide open sunset skyMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Shelter, is a gay-surfer-growing-up-coming-out-young-adult-angst-flick starring Brad Rowe.

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-31043598591903389422008-03-25T13:22:00.004-05:002008-05-13T14:22:04.717-05:00

S. starts Bootcamp on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays! See you at 6:00 AM!(NOTE: Because of this week's freeze-factor, this Tuesday's Bootcamp will be relocated - abs and stretching in the Club M fitness center!)Kids and the beachBeach Activites - finding shells...family time...throwing rocksDifferent qualities of light at duskMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH NEWSMOVIE NEWS - The continuation

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-87991465010183856932008-03-25T13:20:00.003-05:002008-05-13T14:22:33.769-05:00

Checkerboard Tornado DamageMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSThis'll be a short post...we're on our way to the beach!MOVIE NEWS - We are off on the family beach vaca, but don't you miss the Atlanta Film Festival going on at Landmark April 10-19. I caught "La Vie En Rose" and "Blood Car" at last year's festival.LOCAL NEWS -It's starting to get warm! Get out there and plant your first warm

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-66421151132812851982008-03-25T13:12:00.010-05:002008-03-31T22:44:29.544-05:00

Piedmont Park & Midtown at 7:45 AMMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/NATIONAL/FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - This Friday is "Nim's Island", "Leatherheads", and "The Ruins". Jody Foster meets "Jewel of the Nile", George does sports, and Kudzu gone very, very wrong.ART NEWS -Don't miss out on the Dogwood Parking Deck Festival starting this Friday. Seriously... how far exactly is it to the nearest actual dogwood tree

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-66070755801412501602008-03-23T20:14:00.003-05:002008-05-13T14:23:00.557-05:00

My new coaster...after someone stole my credit card number online.Wildflowers in "The Pocket in Pigeon Mountain"The waterfall at the end of the canyon...gorgeousThree tiny flowers...S., Ma, and Pa...one tiny fernMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - It looks like we'll have to wait until April 15th for S.'s first BOOTCAMP...until then, the release of "Run Fatboy Run" in theaters this

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-49663480231969247502008-03-17T07:39:00.007-05:002008-05-13T14:23:27.918-05:00

Spring!The 'hood - Viewpoint and SpireMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "Planet B-Boy", "Drillbit Taylor", and "Tyler Perry's Meet the Brown's". Blech. International Break Dancing (like air guitar, with backflips), rehash of "My Bodyguard", and another funny black family movie.Try "Black Orpheus" at the High, instead this Friday @ 8 p.m. "French director Marcel Camus’s

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-3704767065588437802008-03-07T08:20:00.008-05:002008-03-10T10:07:59.334-05:00

1...2...3 shots you're out! (or why Vitamin (Jim) Beam makes a poor nightcap...You can't spell wedding w/o YMCA..."No thanks"...All the sibsDaylight Saving Time SunsetMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/NATIONAL/FRENCHWe made it to the stepsister's wedding in B'ham with S.'s family. Here are some of the highlights:GROOMSMAN: "Who are you?"ME: "I'm the bride's step-domestic-partner-in-law. Or out-law, rather."

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-11135238554576042972008-03-03T08:32:00.008-05:002008-05-13T14:24:12.633-05:00

Sunset from Metropolis / My kind of (old) billboard - The trees win!M&M get married in Forsythe Park!My little brother...from 1967 to 1981 (ish)MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/U.S./FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - This Friday, we have 3 new flicks in wide release:"10,000 BC" - If you were wondering how accurate a history lesson from the folks who "brought you 'The Day After Tomorrow" might be, check out this

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-5970690309064536142008-01-06T11:52:00.008-05:002008-02-25T19:54:18.879-05:00

40th Birthday portrait!!!Juno / Atonement / There Will Be BloodBetween flicks / S isn't sure about this / Michael Clayton"Juno" headband - Check! "Blood" cross & 'stache - Check! "No Country" Sheriff's badge - Check! "M Clayton" black suit - Check! "Atonement" letter to Cecilia - Check! We ARE the movies!MOVIE/ART/COMPLIANCE/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - The Oscars! For the first time ever, I've

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-89913935361345898942008-01-06T11:51:00.011-05:002008-02-18T22:02:30.937-05:00

Me and Ma in Paris, 1995New Orleans - Endymion Parade, Audubon Park, Mardi Gras doorsMOVIE/ART/COMPLIANCE/LOCAL/NATIONAL/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - ALL 5 Oscar nominated movies are playing back-to-back for $30 Stonecrest and Colonial. (And even better for Metropolites, the Social Committee is showing "Michael Clayton" in Club M...George Clooney! For Free!)ART NEWS -"Bathhouse, The Musical" is playing

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-30615310923746184132008-01-06T11:50:00.000-05:002008-02-10T21:05:58.649-05:00

Me and Bro at Uncle Dayne's place in Bakersfield, CA. My namesake was part of the Invasion of Normandy that helped turn the tide in WWII; we lost him in 1997, but not before I got to visit Omaha Beach, write his name and story in a guest book, and come home to tell him about it.A little different for the blog...S got a new snapshot camera for Groundhog Day, so I actually get to be in some of

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-59284460176688023612008-01-06T11:49:00.002-05:002008-02-04T22:39:56.594-05:00

Fall, 1986 - Georgia Tech GraduationThe GraiviersLindsey & RyanMOVIE/ART/COMPLIANCE/WEB NEWSJust got home from S's big bday in New Orleans for Mardi Gras (well, we came home before the actual day of Mardi Gras, so had to settle for only celebrating Samedi Gras, Dimanche Gras and a little bit of Lundi Gras.)So, next week will be the photo post...this week, all the news that matters for Mardi Gras

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-3352189847380846372008-01-06T11:49:00.001-05:002008-01-27T21:37:27.190-05:00

Fall, 1982 - Georgia TechAbandoned Farmhouse on the way from Ft. Wayne to Compliance.MOVIE/ART/COMPLIANCE/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Coming up this Friday - "The Eye", a terrific Japanese thriller is remade starring the 3 time Razzie-nominated Jessica Alba. Competing with that is "Over Her Dead Body", which is the only way I'd see this crazy-dead-wife-didn't-they-do-this-in-Ghost flick (starring Eva

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-8203752690218603542008-01-02T08:53:00.000-05:002008-01-20T09:20:00.639-05:00

June, 1982 - High School Graduation!(Typical) Life in Compliance - Restaurant...Suburb...ChurchMOVIE/ART/LOCAL/COMPLIANCE/NATIONAL/FRENCH/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - This Friday,"4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days" - on several "Best Foreign Film" lists - is in limited release (meaning NOT Atlanta). What WILL be out in Atlanta includes "Meet the Spartans", standard spoof in the vein of "Scary Movie", and "

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-19857388692725945892007-12-31T10:57:00.000-05:002008-01-14T17:06:08.927-05:00

It's Prom Season, April, 1982 - In movie theaters, we are subjected to "Cat People" with Natasha Kinski (hired for the job based on her stellar performance...in a poster...with a snake), "Diner" starring everybody (who was somebody...at the time...including Kevin Bacon, his 2nd movie after "Friday the 13th" and a great start for "6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon"), and "Penitentiary II", with a

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-13142076358835838362007-12-28T08:47:00.001-05:002008-01-06T21:39:26.553-05:00

December, 1980 - In movie theaters, Robin Williams is "Popeye", Dolly Parton works "Nine to Five", and William Hurt has quite a few "Altered States".On the radio, Blondie wants to "Call Me", Olivia Newton-John believes in "Magic", and Christopher Cross is "Sailing".And on the 8th of the month, Mark Chapman shot John Lennon.I know it's December because we are all crammed in front of the Xmas Tree.

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-62942542606225003362007-12-24T08:26:00.001-05:002007-12-31T10:54:30.178-05:00

Didn't work on the wayback machine project for Dad this weekend, so here's a pic of me and S. hard at work setting up for this year's company Christmas party group photo. Sharing most every aspect of my life with S. gives me one more reason to celebrate a Happy New Year!MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/WEB/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - Nothing new...just want to see as many great, new films as I can before the Oscar

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-27892154617217559592007-12-13T09:57:00.000-05:002007-12-24T08:53:37.229-05:00

Merry Christmas! This me in Beaverton High School's annual fundraiser "Breakfast with Santa". The idea is kids paid for breakfast at a local department store and after enduring an amateurish production of elfen/norwegian/gay/sign language interpretations of Christmas Carols by our drama department, they got to meet Santa. Since everyone should go out at the top, this was my last official

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-81584314357176509462007-12-04T10:41:00.000-05:002007-12-17T21:30:44.183-05:00

Yes, that's me gettin' jiggy for the Junior/Senior Prom (I was the Junior going with Senior Laura) and yes, that's brown velvet.There are numerous articles out there about why you should or shouldn't drink at company Christmas parties; you be the judge.MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/WEB/WEB NEWSMOVIE NEWS - The Golden Globe Nominations are out, and I'm astonished to find that I'm familiar with every single

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-695530231860274402007-11-28T11:55:00.000-05:002007-12-13T12:14:41.198-05:00

Christmas in Hawaii, 1980. We had just lost mom's parents that year, so we went to Hawaii with her sister for a fresh start on the holidays. My hair is so styling that you can barely see my eyes, but I've ditched the eyeglasses upon starting my Junior year in High School. I also seem to be at least 75% leg. (Next week - Junior/Senior Prom, 1981).Walking the Brooklyn Bridge - Manhattan Bridge

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-21741826062487464592007-11-28T11:32:00.000-05:002007-12-03T08:22:32.744-05:00

Hanging with the cousins in 1974 (Topanga Canyon) and again in 1979 (Motor-homing from California to Oregon). In the intervening 5 years, Cousin G's hair hasn't moved, my new, superbad, tinted avaitor-style eyeglasses haven't done a thing to downplay my gawky height, and Cousin T's do has gone from Pippy Longstocking to Charlie's Angels. My brother's still just cute.Annual Gingerbread Party -

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-11218192912347285512007-11-08T08:59:00.000-05:002007-12-13T12:14:24.439-05:00

Christmas 1979 - We all pitched in stringing popcorn, but it was Mom's job to put the tinsel on the tree - piece-by-piece (which she removed, piece-by-piece, to save for the next Christmas). For good or bad, that bathrobe (and those light-sensitive eyeglasses) have met their maker, but we still have the same stockings! (...and I wish we still had that ceramic cat!)The Pat O's pic is for Mom...

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-15614390574284816972007-11-06T11:02:00.000-05:002007-11-19T09:09:11.636-05:00

Ma, bro and me in front of the Empress Hotel, Victoria, circa 1979. Seeing myself in this (hideous) jacket gives me a warm, glowing feeling; I really loved it and remembering my (apparently misguided) enthusiasm for it seems sweet.Interior shoot of an incredible Va-Hi house...MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/NATIONAL/FRENCH/RETAIL NEWSMOVIE NEWS - "August Rush" looks super sweet, especially when compared with "

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-38156562250228565522007-11-06T08:25:00.000-05:002007-11-12T11:42:20.502-05:00

I remember dad taking this photo; I know that he loves us, but this time, this pic was all about the car - a brand new, 1978, camel-colored Chevy 'vette. I specifically remember the "camel-colored" part because we got a labeled tube of touch-up paint - a glorified auto body chapstick, really. I was actually kind of looking forward to the first ding in the paint and the opportunity to use

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-8083201231022483112007-10-22T14:47:00.001-05:002007-11-05T14:12:57.650-05:00

My people - 1977-ish - gathered for a family photo in the front yard after an every-other-year-or-so-Beaverton-Oregon snowfall. Apparently so rare that not a single one of use could bother looking even vaguely in the direction of the camera."Phantom Fitness" photos and Downtown Decatur - Metropolites, what do you think of the Skyline and Krog Street pics for our fitness center?MOVIE/ART/LOCAL/

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-40680445211604353022007-10-15T14:43:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:07:12.858-05:00

More Happy Halloween..from 28 years ago...ma and pa as Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae.Cutest girls in the world...ART/MOVIE/FRENCH/LOCAL/NEIGHBORHOOD/WEB NEWSART NEWS - Decatur Wine Festival 2007 from 1-4 PM this Saturday, 11/3.Actor's Express 'Cabaret Benefit' with ingenue Libby Whittemore.MOVIE NEWS - The trailer for "One Missed Call", partly filmed across from us here at Metropolis - trailer. (

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-49052374542481325162007-10-15T13:04:00.000-05:002007-12-13T12:15:08.685-05:00

Me and my little bro, October, 1977. Martha Stewart won't publish her landmark book "Entertaining" for 5 more years, but I've already got a leg up on over-the-top decorating by incorporating ping pong eyes and a potato nose in my jack-o-lantern. Once a dork, always a dork.Views from MetropolisTrees Atlanta / Beltline Project - Before and AfterART/LOCAL/DROUGHT/NEIGHBORHOOD/WEB NEWS ART NEWS -

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-19149797216559512542007-10-14T18:59:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:09:06.797-05:00

This week's scan goes back to 1966 - it's me at my height of cuteness, blondness, and precociousness. It's all downhill from here - like Britney turning 16. We are in my great-grandmother's backyard (in Bakersfield, CA?) - me, my namesake Uncle Dayne, his wife Aunt Agnes, Dayne's mom & my great grandmother Granny Clark, and my Mom. Gotta love that flip. How does she do it?"What gives a

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-77962710333738179162007-10-07T15:52:00.000-05:002007-12-13T12:15:45.375-05:00

JEFF NEWS - I loooooooove that mom's shoes not only match her Mary Tyler Moore pantsuit, but also the tulips (which I assume were the reason we all all crouching down in the backyard garden for this photo, circa 1979). My brother was always wearing that football jacket; I had one for the Miami Dolphins, and I assure you it was only because I liked turquoise and orange. I don't remember watching

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-10429891276479206832007-09-30T21:09:00.000-05:002007-12-13T12:16:29.574-05:00

ART/OREGON NEWS ART NEWS - Looking forward to "Jacques Brel" at the Alliance. "Dark Play..." at Actor's Express was excellent. The last Improv in the Park is this Wednesday in Piedmont Park.OREGON NEWS - The Oregonian intends to replace 'Peanuts' reruns in its funny pages. Every two weeks, it runs a new cartoon and then has readers vote for either Peanuts or the new 'toon. Peanuts has never

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-44833846084955140512007-09-11T21:21:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:10:29.444-05:00

No time for news after returning from my trip to my homeland...but after all that childhood reminiscing, I thought it was a good time for a tribute to the most beautiful woman in my life.Thanks for everything, mom!ART/LOCAL/OREGON/WEB NEWS ART NEWS - At the AllianceTheater - "Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris"'The Hertz Stage transforms into a chic bohemian Paris nightclub for a

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-83458301028386931142007-09-01T21:22:00.000-05:002007-09-06T11:37:13.874-05:00

My favorites from this Saturday's Dragon*Con Parade!Superhero (and villain) autographs! (By the way...if Superman is so invincible, why does he wear "Under Armor"?)My family - S. gets psyched, B. gets Power, J. lends a hand.Celebrities - Prez Belushi, Schoolhouse Rock, Estrada, UhuraSome skinMario Brothers and more than one kind of SpartanMonty Python and Princess Bride to save the day!"...the

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-24776603357636636972007-08-22T11:10:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:10:56.862-05:00

This is a short preview for next week while I'm visiting the motherland - Oregon! I honor of my yearly trip, this week's photo is of me and mom in our backyard in Portland in fall of 1967...right around the time my little bother showed up. It shows both the fall foliage that is just around the corner, as well as that age old adage for young boys - your gloves should always match your

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-92016288814129471982007-08-22T11:06:00.000-05:002007-12-13T12:17:10.488-05:00

I don't know where to begin with this photo; it's dated 1974 and tooth-wise, I'm between the headgear (to push all my molars further back into my head), oral surgery (to remove the teeth that just weren't going to fit), and braces (which I would wear...on two different occasions...until my junior year in high school.)It's from a visit to Vancouver, British Columbia, to visit family friends. I'm

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-57847685936886974932007-08-20T07:30:00.000-05:002007-08-20T07:35:42.393-05:00

The Nair TeamS.'s team - Playing outfield!S.'s team - At plateS.'s team - Pitching and scoringS.'s HOME RUN!!!!S. joined a Kickball League this summer; Saturday was the last game. The team they were supposed to play forfeited, so that counted as a win. They proceeded to play a pick-up game, and won that, too! 2 wins in one day!

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-85027505455170570982007-08-14T09:10:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:11:35.460-05:00

As dad went through his slide collection for me to scan, he told me he left out some that were...in his opinion..."embarrassing". Like what? I asked, thinking he was referring to I'm-never-gonna-be-a-Senator photos showing me and a goat, or proving that I never really finished Citizenship merit badge."You know, the ones with you and your headgear."Oh...that. Those aren't so bad. I did hate

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-55431940984577876632007-07-31T13:20:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:11:57.057-05:00

ME NEWS - This is me and my little brother with our Grandma and Grandpa Lennon - my mom's parents - in southern California, circa 1972. At this point in our lives, we road trip down from Oregon each summer to visit.I look at this photo and see me being all teeth and no eyes. The teeth will be addressed soon enough...and pictured in next week's photo. I don't know what's up with the helmet hair

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-35783095738638859512007-07-31T13:09:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:12:16.215-05:00

ME NEWS - I can remember loving this playpen in 1967. The sides ratcheted up and down, - hinged on a central post like the leg rest of a cheap, aluminum-framed lawn chair - trapping my little brother between the netted sides.Horrors! Child entrapment? Abandonment? Permanent Developmental Psychosis?Maybe...I used to crawl in there with books and stuffed animals to play with my brother for hours

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-83761193884608466932007-07-31T09:54:00.001-05:002007-11-05T09:12:31.245-05:00

Movie news - The Fox Theatre is showing 2 movies this week. Thursday (8/16) at 7:30 is "Spiderman 3" and Sunday (8/19) at 7:00 PM is "Knocked Up". It's $7 at the door, or $60 for a pack of 12 tickets. ($5 each for the math impaired...well...for everyone...really.)I heard the movie version of "The Nanny Diaries" is coming to theaters August 24th. (Sure, it was a fun book, and it was published

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-21402629251626706252007-07-31T08:45:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:12:54.815-05:00

Dad has challenged me with scanning part of his photo slide collection to digital format, so the next few weeks will be on the subject of photos from my past. This is me and ma on the Washington Park carousel in Portland, Oregon, July 1967 ish. (My immediate, family-wide population has gone from 2 to 3 and not yet to 4, as Dad is home from his tour of duty in Alaska and my little brother

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-75967316617548012072007-07-31T08:06:00.000-05:002007-11-05T09:13:19.604-05:00

Movie news - "One Missed Call", partly filmed across 8th street from Metropolis and shamelessly promoted at this week's "Comic-Con" in San Diego, is scheduled for release January 4, 2008. (It's not too early to make plans for our own "Dragon*Con" in Atlanta, coming August 31 - September 3.)French news - Today's headline in Le Monde is the United States' arming of its allies in the Middle East to

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-64838765376059163302007-07-02T07:18:00.000-05:002007-08-15T07:22:37.068-05:00

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-52807011334033535172007-06-29T12:03:00.000-05:002007-08-15T07:22:53.578-05:00

I had to earn my keep while here in Paris...with pleasure...B practically gave us his apartment! I was very happy to help out with pics for his curriculum vitae.Then I took my "official" American in Paris portrait. I certainly can't give B a run for the money, but they tell me that beards are very trendy...what do you think?

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-87215104068072599542007-06-29T02:22:00.000-05:002007-06-29T03:16:20.668-05:00

Pont NeufBuilt by beloved King Henri IV from 1578-1607, this bridge was christened "The New Bridge". As everything else got built or torn down, the name became more and more ironic; Pont Neuf was really the oldest bridge across the Seine. Now, it's been rebuilt and Pont Neuf is "neuf", again.New, old, new again.The Pantheon was caught up in a similiar cycle. Construction was started in 1744 by

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-41682372472400016052007-06-27T15:53:00.000-05:002007-06-29T02:37:08.766-05:00

Le Louvre, details...ColumnsThe first column is Place de Bastille, so you'd think, maybe, it'd have something to do with Bastille Day and the 14th of July. Well, no. It commemorates some uprising and is called the "Colonne de Juillet, 1830", which roughly translates to the "column of yet another damn 19th century insurrection which we french can't take the time to explain to you so we will keep

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-59540252669828971642007-06-26T15:02:00.001-05:002007-06-26T16:00:42.739-05:00

"Great," my reader is thinking, "Jeff thinks we want to see photos of french garbage."Well, not exactly. This is the remnants of an advertising poster scraped off the side of the metro station - an "affiche". To warn people that work is underway, they add "age" to get "affichage" - the word for the process of putting up an "affiche" - stick it on a plastic arm, and block the area around the

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-20531407320979696602007-06-26T14:28:00.000-05:002007-06-26T15:38:04.705-05:00

Cafe MarlyLe Metro(K & B brought their young'un to visit this past weekend; it was great! Parisians love kids and having one around was handy - went to Cafe Marly and were told we would have to wait for a table...then they saw J and said "oh, we have a nice table inside, by the window, we'll open the window for fresh air and he can have a nap on the banquette." At Musee d'Orsay, there were

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-29607032542956523412007-06-22T05:09:00.000-05:002007-08-15T07:23:26.020-05:00

One of my favorite places in Paris...either being on or looking at Pont des Arts. It's a beautiful, pedestrian-only bridge (and it doesn't hurt that it connects the Louvre and St. Germain.)

Jeff Keeseenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10708060.post-25174604753084914492007-06-22T03:33:00.000-05:002007-06-22T04:27:37.508-05:00

Favorite cafes and the mass of people you see on Pont des ArtsThe Pantheon...where they keep famous dead frenchmen...and one woman (Madame Curie)From the umbrellas of Cafe Richelieu in the Louvre...looking down.PAINTING - This hottie was painting in the Rubens room of the Louvre. I wanted to tell him that I wasn't like all the other tourists that were taking his photo - I wanted to tell him that

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